Essays on Holistic Aromatherapy

196 Pages·2017·21.77 MB·English

Essays on Holistic
Aromatherapy
Dr Malte Hozzel
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Contents
Foreword .............................................................................. 5
1. Heal Yourself With Nature...................................... 7
2. The Miracle of Fragrant Light.............................. 12
3. Crisis For Evolution: Health, Mind and
Essential Oils.......................................................... 16
4. How Essential Oils Can Help Us With Deep
Emotional Stress ................................................... 27
5. Myrrh: An Ancient Sacred Healer.......................... 31
6. Basil: The Plant King.............................................. 37
7. Jatamansi: Balance For Life................................... 43
8. Angelica: Subtle Spiritual Healer ........................ 48
9. Helichrysum: Golden Magician of The Sun......... 54
10. No More Migraines – No More Headaches........ 62
11. ADHD – Answers To a Modern Plague in a
Stressful World......................................................... 69
12. Discover the Magical and Healing Properties
of Palo Santo............................................................. 85
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13. Spring Detox with Aromatherapy........................... 89
14. Patchouli: The Green Leaf Oil With Power............. 96
15. Frankincense: Illuminate Your Body and Soul.......... 103
16. Conifer Essential Oils: PowerfulPillars of Light....... 112
17. Anti-microbial Effects of Essential Oils................... 120
18. Kewra: Smelling into The Heart of a Spirit Opener... 130
19. Ravintsara: The Medicine Tree.................................... 136
20. The Magic of Synergies............................................... 141
21. Did You Know That Cancer Cells Know How
To Smell?........................................................................ 149
22. Bergamot Against Winter Depression:
Sparkling With Joy....................................................... 154
23. The Unknown Benefits of Ginger Hydrolat.............. 162
24. Cardamom: The Queen Spice...................................... 165
25. Spring Allergies: Breathe Free And Enjoy
The Renewal of Life................................................... 170
26. Oils That Heal, Oils That Kill..................................... 180
27. Aromatherapy for Raising The Spirit...................... 187
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Foreword
This book consists of a collection of essays on holistic aromatherapy written by
Dr Malte Hozzel.
Dr Hozzel is the inspirational founder of Oshadhi, with deep insights into
medicinal plants and essential oils. Malte’s speciality is in the relationship
between plants, essential oils and mankind, and he has a unique perspective
into the effects that these ‘helpers’ have on human health and consciousness.
Over the last 25 years Malte has travelled the world in a quest to find the purest
and finest oils, sourcing them direct from the growers to bring forward the best
possible quality oils available.
Malte believes that pure and unadulterated essential oils are our allies on the
path to optimal physical well-being and happiness. This belief inspired his
desire to share these oils with as many people as possible. He loves to inspire
knowledge and enthusiasm for an energy medicine in a new era of deeper
plant awareness and self-healing.
“In their expression of the highest intelligence of Nature, the medicinal and
aromatic plants will help us to rise in strength, to recreate health (if it is lost),
and to make our lives, individually and collectively, more comfortable and
more in tune with the heartbeat of the Universe.” – Dr Malte Hozzel.
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Heal Yourself With Nature

Aromatherapy, with its essential oils, is becoming increasingly popular; not
only in the realm of personal well-being but also in scientific communities
world wide. There is this marvellous depth in essential oils, linking them on the
one hand to ancient folk-medicine and profound understanding of the subtle
aspects of life and healing, whilst on the other hand inviting us to discover
the most rigorous scientific and medical comprehension of their uncountable
effects.
Despite aromatherapy being an ancient practice, it is also modern and very
much relevant in today’s society, providing us with remedies to modern day
diseases, ceiling immediate results. And – not to forget – aromatherapy can be
easily scientifically verified, Essential oils are truly Nature’s healing hand. They
are both material substances and subtle energies. They are “living molecules”.
Their vegetal carriers-dependant on soil and air, day and night, the seasonal
rhythms, and their intrinsic openness to solar, lunar and stellar radiations - have
absorbed both powerful terrestrial and cosmic influences. These influences
then disperse themselves into the core of the physical/chemical and the
subtle/hidden structure of essential oils. They define the very fingerprint of
their healing energy.
As Vasant Lad, the famous Ayurvedic expert, explains: “Plants transmit the
vital-emotional impulses, the life-force that is hidden in light. That is the gift,
the grace, the power of plants……The existence of plants is a great offering, a
sacrifice. They offer us not only their own nutritive value but the very light and
love from the stars, from the cosmos whose messengers they are.” (Vasant Lad,
“The Yoga of Herbs”).
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Holistic versus isolated
Essential oils are linked to “cumulated vital energy”. Not only do they successfully
fight off microbes of many kinds without unwanted side-effects, but they have
the properties to strengthen the milieu at the same time. Since they are also
energy reservoirs of plants, they can serve us directly and instantly to vitalise
our body, mind and soul. Anyone of the numerous compounds of an essential
oil contributes to its healing properties. That is what “holistic” and “natural”
mean in contrast to the isolated molecules of modern medicine.
Rose oil contains up to 500 different compounds. Lavender not much less. Every
single compound is needed in medical Aromatherapy. Any of the compounds
has been either created in the plant or has emerged during distillation and we
trust that Nature knows best, why and how. The complexity of this intrinsic
balance of compounds defines the special healing effects of the plant or its
oil. They all pertain to its special energy field transmittable to the human
organism. And they match with the “body-mind” filling up specific “energy
holes” in a subtle way, fitting into these holes like key and lock.
We are experiencing a new era of natural medicine as an answer to the failures
of the modern allopathic approach and of modern life style. It is the  “organic”
versus the non-organic, the holistic versus the isolative, the human versus
the techno-chemical. This era leads us to new understandings of health,
environment, social ethics, nutrition, spirit, cosmos, God.
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In terms of health, we are entering the age of self-healing. That is one of the
reasons why essential oils are having such an incredible success in the world of
today. They are easy to use, easy to transport, pleasant in their appearance and
smell, practical to give away and to share tremendously exciting to experience.
There is an increasing interest and desire to learn more about nature, and a
collective feeling that there is so much more to discover. This is true science,
which comes from the Latin word “scire” meaning: “to know”. The new scientists
of today are the ones who work in the laboratory of their own body-mind
trying to know by themselves.
They create health inside and outside of themselves, because they rediscover
the meaning of balance, self-care, responsibility and commitment to the higher
goals of human evolution. They use Nature as a partner, not as an element to
fight against and to subdue.
This is what true medicine has always been: The cumulative data of experience
of mankind, advancing in togetherness as if one single collective being. As
Blaise Pascal, the famous mathematician and philosopher once put it: “as if all
the sequences of generations through the centuries could be looked upon as
ONE human being, who continues to live and always continues to learn.”
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The importance of purity
In Aromatherapy purity and quality is paramount. Pure and unadulterated
essential oils are our allies on the path to optimal physical well-being and
happiness. Pure essential oils reflect the vitality and inspire enthusiasm and
love for an energy medicine in a New era of deeper plant awareness and self-
healing.
Essential oils are the expression of the highest intelligence of Nature, the
aromatic plants will help us to rise in strength, to recover health if it is lost and
to make our lives, individually and collectively, more comfortable and more in
tune with the heartbeat of the Universe.

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